Owner Phil Cunningham will be an interested observer at Cheltenham this weekend as the form of Cinders And Ashes' Supreme Novices' Hurdle win is put on show.

Cunningham part-owns the Donald McCain-trained five-year-old, who enjoyed a gallop after racing at Bangor on Wednesday as he builds up towards the StanJames.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle on December 1.

Cinder And Ashes beat Darlan in March, before the runner-up went on to Aintree glory and Cunningham is keen to see how Darlan fares as he is due to make his reappearance on Sunday.

"JP McManus (Darlan's owner) came over after the race and said the best horse won, so it seems strange that more people are talking about Darlan," said Cunningham.